Re: i686 repository

From: Sam Barnett-Cormack (s.barnett-cormack_at_lancaster.ac.uk)
Date: 03/09/04

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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 15:27:54 +0000 (GMT)

    On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, nyook wrote:

    > Colin Charles wrote:
    > > On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 00:25, Phil Hannent wrote:
    > >
    > >>Does anyone know of a repository that has i686 binaries compiled for fedora?
    > >
    > >
    > > They are all i686 optimised.
    >
    > I see. Does that mean that although the files are labeled i386 they are
    > compiled for i386 "under the hood"?

    IIRC, they are minimall i686 optimised - that is to say, they will run
    on a 386 still, but will run more optimally on a 686. However, they
    won't use any extension instructions.

    I could be wrong. 

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Sam Barnett-Cormack
Software Developer                           |  Student of Physics & Maths
UK Mirror Service (http://www.mirror.ac.uk)  |  Lancaster University
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